2 Kings 18:9
In the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.This verse in the real world
In what words
- שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶרShalmanʼeçerShalmaneser, an Assyrian king
- הוֹשֵׁעַHôwshêaʻHoshea, the name of five Israelites
- אֵלָהʼÊlâhElah, the name of an Edomite, of four Israelites, and also of a place in Palestine
- צוּרtsûwrto cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hos
- רְבִיעִיrᵉbîyʻîyfourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
- חִזְקִיָּהChizqîyâhChizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites
- שְׁבִיעִיshᵉbîyʻîyseventh
- שֹׁמְרוֹןShômᵉrôwnShomeron, a place in Palestine
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Babylonian Chronicle on the fall of SamariaNamed outside the BibleBabylon's chronicle names Shalmaneser and the breaking of Samaria.